The Santa Clara University School of Law community is profoundly saddened by the personal devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Our prayers go out to the persons affected by this natural catastrophe and to the friends and family of those in…

Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. of Harvard Law School and one of the Fall 2005 Social Justice Diversity Lecturers, will speak on President Bush, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Race Matters on Tuesday, September 6th from noon to…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 26, 2005 –Santa Clara University’s School of Law welcomed its first year law students, the graduating class of 2008, on August 10th. The class was selected from a pool of 4487 applicants. Consistent with recent entering classes,…

After four years at the helm of the Community Law Center, Professor Cynthia Mertens yields the Director’s baton to Professor Angelo Ancheta.   She leaves behind a string of accomplishments that have transformed the Center into a unique institution of community-based…

On Thursday August 25th, from 12:00 noon until 1:00 p.m., a panel of School of Law faculty will discuss the implications of the nomination of Judge John Roberts to become the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the…

Ruth Silver Taube, special counsel to the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC), has been chosen as a recipient of the State Bar Pro Bono Service Award.  This honor was established in 1983 by the State Bar Board…

Over 300 new students will be attending Santa Clara University School of Law’s Orientation August 8 – 13.  The Orientation program includes a number of self-scheduled and required activities meant to introduce students to the campus, to the legal education,…

Associate Professor of Law and former clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Bradley Joondeph, recently wrote an article for the San Jose Mercury News about the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the United States Supreme Court.  To read the…

The Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center is honored to receive a $10,000 People and Places Grant from the Sobrato Foundation and a matching donation from Dr. Alan Russell. The Foundation’s challenge grant was designed with a leverage component to…

For the fourteenth consecutive year, Santa Clara University School of Law is holding the Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College from July 30, 2005 – August 4, 2005. The program began in 1992 when Santa Clara County public defender Shechmeister…